Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Importance of confirming your diagnosis

Hey guys welcome. My story falls in between both of yours.
I was told ten years ago I had IBS. No help just deal with it. This past fall I developed severe pains in my chest about once a month. By February they were every couple days.
My nurse practitioner sent blood work away thinking it was possibly a hiatial hernia and sent me for an ultrasound and a consult with the surgeon. I never made it. I ended in the hospital in severe pain on narcotic pain meds. I found out I had gall stones and one was stuck. I was rushed into surgery and told my problems were always my gallbladder.
No hiatial hernia,no IBS.
A few weeks later with no relief from pain, d and depression I went back to the er and had xrays, blood work and finally a cat scan. Guess what?
Nothing they said I was fine did I need to see the doc again?
Hell no! I found Heathers site and since then, I'm so much better.If I stick to the diet, no pain, no d , nothing.
So what I guess I'm saying is I hear ya and I hope for everyone that their problems turn out to be simple and fixable.I no longer have my gb and i still feel the pain there when I eat something fatty .Always get second opinion. Especially when they want to hack out a body part.

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IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me.

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